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The riot residue has pretty much washed away. There are always people downtown. The riots weren't a week-long festival like some people believe, it happened for a few hours on two non-consecutive days, and that was it. Almost exactly a year later, there was a week long Light City festival that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the city (at night no less) without any issue. Two years later, Baltimore is currently building more than possibly all of it's suburbs combined.

Arts Scape is currently going on as well, so there will be hundreds of thousands of people in the city this weekend as well.... This event will last longer than the riots did.

St. Louis burbs despise their city and the immediate surrounding areas.

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